Program Description
When you choose to study law at the University of Tasmania, the journey is more extraordinary because the lines between study, research and professional practice often dissolve. Drawing on our strong tradition of close engagement with the Tasmanian legal profession and our network of practitioner alumni, you will have opportunities to engage with the judiciary, senior practitioners, leaders from government and industry and key legal institutions from your first year.
Our island campus of Tasmania provides ideal opportunities to learn from world-leaders in Environmental, Antarctic, Marine and Climate Law. Our law school hosts the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute, enabling you to contribute to law reform, particularly in relation to criminal law. You will also develop global perspectives on some of the great challenges of our time – gene-editing and the legal regulation of biotechnology, the regulation of armed conflict and the prosecution of war crimes.
The Bachelor of Laws delivers more than just in-depth knowledge of fundamental principles. The program embeds all the practical legal skills you need to become a successful practitioner, whether that is in law, business, government, or the community legal sector, and in Tasmania and beyond. You will have multiple opportunities to develop and advance skills in advocacy, legal reasoning and critical thinking, communication, research, ethics and social responsibility, teamwork, and self-reflection.
The Law degree meets the requirements of the accrediting body, the Tasmanian Board of Legal Education. After graduating from the University, a law student wishing to practise in Tasmania is required to undertake a 6 month Legal Practice course. Under the mutual recognition scheme, after gaining admission and obtaining a practising certificate in Tasmania lawyers can practise in another state of Australia without having to obtain a practising certificate in the latter jurisdiction. International students should address such enquiries to the relevant authority in their home country.
